Sidonie de la Houssaye, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sidonie de la Houssaye

American writer

Date of Birth: 17-Aug-1820

Place of Birth: St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, United States

Date of Death: 18-Feb-1894

Profession: writer, novelist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Sidonie de la Houssaye, née Hélène Perret, pen name Louise Raymond (Edgard, Louisiana, August 17, 1820 – February 18, 1894) was an American French language writer.The daughter of Creoles Ursin Perret and Françoise Pain, she received a bilingual education in English and French while living in St.
John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana.
She married Alexandre Pelletier de la Houssaye when she was thirteen years old and they had eight sons and one daughter. After her husband's death during the American Civil War, she worked as a school teacher in Franklin, Louisiana.